High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 159 - 124: The IP Address Appeared in South Korea (Double - )_3
As the selection phase ended, the commentators looked at both teams’ lineups and felt something strange.
"Why do I feel like EDG’s picks are somewhat like Royal’s from two weeks ago, while Samsung White’s lineup is more like EDG’s back then?"
"Have the Korea Team players grasped the core of the fast support-push strategy so quickly? Are they sure they can play it well?"
"EDG’s mid-laner Li Yang picked Judgment Angel, a hero without momentum in the early game... Isn’t this hero usually seen in the top lane?"
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In the game, Li Yang said, "After level six, all the jungle monsters are mine. Promise, help me smite some monsters to speed up my jungle. Also, stack the bot lane wave and wait for me to come and farm! Lastly... ensure good vision, you don’t need to do it yourselves; whoever is online, make a trip to mid lane and help me set up the vision."
Li Yang’s strategy was an extreme split push to counter Samsung White’s support.
His teammates were all turtles, staying under the tower, daring Samsung White to dive them.
And with vision all around himself, no one could catch him.
Even if the opponent groups up, it doesn’t matter; his four teammates have crowd control and wave clear skills, with a top-laner Lan Bo whose ultimate can easily clear a wave.
One wave in thirty seconds, enough for him to push to the enemy base.
Even if they engage under the tower, they can hold out for ten to twenty seconds, and fifty to sixty seconds is enough to win.
Once he is well farmed, he can easily 1v3.
As the game began, many people gradually felt something was off.
"Li Yang still has the same approach; once he farms a wave, it disappears. But this time it’s different; he’s not going to support but to steal his teammates’ jungle monsters."
"Gosh, what did I just see? The captain left his Smite for Li Yang? Is this still the captain?"
"It’s only nine minutes, and Li Yang already got a major item?"
"Two-set at thirteen minutes?"
"Oh, Li Yang finally went to support."
"He farmed one wave from his teammate, grabbed a set of jungle monsters, and returned to mid lane."
"At seventeen minutes, he has three and a half items, far ahead of the opponent’s best-farmed mid-laner with just one and a half."
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"Samsung White begins grouping to push, but Li Yang is splitting in the bot lane..."
"They can’t push in; EDG uses all skills on the wave, and after clearing it, they fall back."
"The bottom lane is approaching the high ground! Samsung White must defend. Their mid-laner returned... oh, their mid-laner got instantly killed... the equipment gap is too big..."
"Moreover, Li Yang’s summoner spells are Teleport and Ghost..."
"His positioning is superb! With Ghost, he’s dragging Samsung White’s four players."
"The rest of EDG’s teammates start counter-pushing."
"Li Yang returned to base to buy items; he brought out his Doomsday Hat... and went back to the bot lane..."
"EDG is pushing down two lanes, Samsung White’s five players are ambushing Li Yang; even the support has flanked..."
"Judgment Angel’s ultimate has 2.5 seconds of invincibility, Li Yang counter-killed one!"
"The other four from EDG never planned to come for support, instead, they were feverishly pushing towers, taking down an inhibitor turret and a Nexus turret, then immediately retreated."
"Their execution is terrifying; as soon as they saw Li Yang being caught, they frantically pushed towers without a second of hesitation."
"Looking back at past matches, our LPL players have never been so steadfast in strategic execution. Or rather, we have always been outdone in strategy in games. Our player’s talent is definitely not inferior to South Korea."
"Yes, if it were another team, when getting caught while split pushing, they’d hesitate whether to support, and by the time they’re caught, neither support nor tower was achieved; our teams still lack execution power."
"Also, we lack players like Li Yang, any hero he plays feels incredibly smooth to me."
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"It’s twenty-six minutes into the game, Li Yang has already got his final item, still split pushing, never once thinking of team fighting with teammates from start to finish."
"Samsung White doesn’t dare ambush him anymore; his gear is too good. Two players are just gifts; even with three, it’s tough to escape fully; at least four are needed."
"Samsung White prepares for one last strike, initiating a team fight in the mid-lane. They have the numbers advantage; even tower diving isn’t unfavorable. Previously, they didn’t dare dive towers because their front line wasn’t tanky enough, but now their front line’s tankiness has come up."
"The initiation was beautiful; the four from EDG are fairly average in development, trading only one of their players."
"Though they cleared a wave of minions with great effort, the next wave is just three or four seconds away..."
"Huh? What’s going on?"
Just after the team fight, suddenly the game-over screen popped up.
A winged hero stood before Samsung White’s crystal, with a flaming sword in hand.
The team fight drew everyone’s attention as Li Yang snuck in and ended the game.
"We won? How did we win? How did it push so fast?"
"Maybe... Li Yang was just too farmed..."
"Haha, congratulations to EDG! We’ll check the replay shortly."
The first game was quite ordinary; the early game had no fights, EDG were all timid, Samsung White led in economy, with a basic lead of over a thousand in each position.
He Lewei: "..."
"Did they really win like that? Samsung White was totally led by the nose..."
Jiang Banxia was also watching the match.
After a few days of learning, she was gradually able to understand some of it.
